My own feeling is that a corporation has no right to have a political or social influence.

Students who acquire large debts putting themselves through school are unlikely to think about changing society. When you trap people in a system of debt, they can't afford the time to think.

The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.

That's the standard technique of privatization: defund, make sure things don't work, people get angry, you hand it over to private capital.

Jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.

There's a good reason why nobody studies history, it just teaches you too much.

The world is a very puzzling place. If you're not willing to be puzzled, you just become a replica of someone else's mind.

Democratic societies can't force people. Therefore they have to control what they think.

Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.

If you want to control a population... give them a God to worship.

A language is not just words. It's a culture, a tradition, a unification of a community, a whole history that creates what a community is. It's all embodied in a language.

If Christians, think of Christ Jesus, they will act like holy servant of Son of God.

When you blame others you are effectively proclaiming that you are only response to stimuli.

I wanted to inspire every little girl who wants to be a dancer to fire their imagination about the joys of being on the stage.

Relying on another is an expression of attachment, not love, a manifestation of insecurity and suffering, not understanding the true nature of our lives.

We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.

I have such a girl-crush on Reese Witherspoon. I would love to do a comedy with her.

My fans will tell you all day that I can rap. That's all I need.

I like the fact that most of the cars I see are Detroit-made automobiles. I drive a Mustang and a Chevy pickup truck. Ann drives a couple of Cadillacs, actually.

Zen is poetry; poetry is Zen.

You apply the skills you use to produce your own book to make an anthology. Shaping. Rhythm.